Book Review: Detective Jesus Christ

For once in his God forsaken life, Jesus Christ is putting down the bible and picking up a badge

Rep. Jack Kimble is a complicated man. For decades he’s been the Representative of California’s 54th District and has created a political power structure that would make Sen. Joe Manchin blanch. An arch-conservative whos opinions are often beyond the pale (see his popular Twitter account or listen to his Courageousness Podcast for examples), Kimble has recently shifted gears and has written what can arguably be called the greatest book about Jesus Christ as a Chicago detective that’s ever been written.

A throwback to old-school detective yarns, Detective Jesus: Thou Shalt Not Kill is a page-turning combination of funny and philosophical that will have believers and non-believers alike needing a miracle to put it down.

Taking you on a detailed tour of modern-day Chicago, Jesus and his partner find themselves entwined in a case that is as explosive and deadly as it is mysterious. Interesting characters, locations and plot-twists abound in Kimble’s first offering in the political noir field. And while Detective Jesus doesn’t eschew his upbringing or belief system, this isn’t a religious book - it’s a crime thriller.

So while it’s difficult to admire the conservative monster that is Jack Kimble, it’s easy to like his first foray into fiction. On a scale of five, I’m giving Detective Jesus: Thou Shalt Not Kill four-and-a-half crosses.

—WKW

Detective Jesus: Though Shalt Not Kill can be bought at Amazon or Barnes &Noble.